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Before the
Federal Communications Commission
Washington, D.C. 20554
)
New England Cable Television )
Association, et al., ) ) File No. PA 98-006
Complainants ) )
) )
v. ) )
) )
The Narragansett Electric )
Company, ))
Respondent. )
)
ORDER
Adopted: August 6, 2002
Released: August 8, 2002
By the Assistant Chief, Enforcement Bureau:1
1. On May 15, 1998, New England Cable Television
Association, Inc., et al. ("Complainants") filed the above-
referenced pole attachment complaint pursuant to the Pole
Attachment Act2 and Subpart J of Part 1 of the Commission's
rules.3 On July 31, 2002, Complainants submitted a notice of
withdrawal, with prejudice, of the referenced complaint. In its
notice of withdrawal, Complainants state that the parties have
agreed to settle their dispute. On the basis of the statement
contained in the notice, we conclude that there are no longer
issues in controversy and therefore, we terminate the proceeding.
2. Accordingly, IT IS ORDERED, pursuant to Sections 0.111,
0.311 and 1.1415 of the Commission's rules, 47 C.F.R. §§ 0.111,
0.311 and 1.1415, that the referenced complaint IS DISMISSED WITH
PREJUDICE and this proceeding IS TERMINATED.
FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
Kathleen F. Costello
Assistant Chief, Enforcement Bureau
_________________________
1 Effective March 25, 2002, the Commission transferred
responsibility for resolving pole attachment complaints from the
former Cable Services Bureau to the Enforcement Bureau. See
Establishment of the Media Bureau, the Wireline Competition
Bureau and the Consumer and Governmental Affairs Bureau,
Reorganization of the International Bureau and Other
Organizational Changes, FCC 02-10, 17 FCC Rcd 4672 (2002).
2 Section 224 of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended, 47
U.S.C. §224.
3 47 C.F.R. §§1.1401-1.1418.